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In a Patient's Guide to Surgery, Dr. Edward L. Bradley III explains all you need to know to prepare yourself for the surgical experience. This book describes how you can actively participate in the decision-making process and, as a result, improve your chances for successful surgery and recovery. A Patient's Guide to Surgery also lists specific questions you should consider when evaluating a doctor, a hospital, or a prepaid health plan.
This book provides an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and surgical management of the diseases of the pancreas and biliary tree, highlighting the most recent findings. The chapters are designed to accompany the reader on a step-by-step approach to the patient, providing the latest evidence to justify each recommendation. Wherever feasible and indicated, emphasis is placed on the use of tables and algorithms to simplify decision-making. The information contained in this well-referenced book is thus relevant not only to practicing pancreatobiliary and general surgeons, but also offers valuable guidance for surgical trainees. This book covers 14 diseases of the pancreas and biliary tree, from the more common gallstones and common bile duct stones, acute and chronic pancreatitis, to more complex benign conditions such as biliary fistulae and strictures, as well as cystic tumors of the pancreas, and finally the major malignancies include gallbladder cancer, pancreatic cancer and hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Most patients suffering from pancreatic diseases are managed bygeneral internists, gastroenterologists and/or surgeons innon-specialized centers. Basic and clinical research inpancreatology is continuously leading to changes in the managementof pancreatic diseases, but these advances are applied to theclinical practice almost exclusively in specialized centers byspecialized groups. The books and journals currently available are directed atpancreatologists and the information does not reach most generalclinicians and surgeons who treat patients suffering frompancreatic diseases. The aim of this book is to provide practisinggastroenterologists and surgeons with clear information regardingthe diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic diseases.
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The official journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing